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Enriador 4 Mar, 2019 @ 4:21pm
Flag Suggestions
A few notes on the flags:

1) Democratic Imperial Federation using the anachronic Commonwealth of Nations flag is very weird. It's in my humble opinion a much weaker design than the normal Non-Aligned/Neutrality flag (which is the actual flag of the British Empire).

2) Fascist Imperial Federation having a golden lion in the middle doesn't look good. The drawing itself is good but bright yellow simply doesn't blend with the traditional British flag at all. Why not just using the normal Fascist United Kingdom flag, with the Union of Fascists' bolt in the middle of the Union Jack?

3) Democratic Western Sahara has the exact same flag as Democratic/Non-Aligned Palestine. It's de jure a democracy in real life, and it has the start & crescent logo too. So maybe it could have the same design as the Fascist/Non-Aligned flags?

4) Democratic Germany is monarchist, so it should use the Non-Aligned monarchist flag as well. The black-gold-red flag was strongly associated with the Republican movement and doesn't fit well as a monarchy's flag.

5) Communist Malta could use a communist symbol. it feels "empty" somehow.

6) Non-Aligned Unaligned States of America (USB tag) should have the normal 48-star flag since it's theoretically part of the old order.

7) Communist Northern Ireland is just a red square! What about this one: https://i.redd.it/x3w4ezd5h7e01.png

8) Fascist Slovakia should have its historical flag (the neutrality one). Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_Republic_(1939%E2%80%931945)

9) Fascist India should use the flag of actual fascist India, Azad Hindi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1931_Flag_of_India.svg

10) The flag of Communist Spain should be the flag of Republican Spain during the 1936-1939 period. In other words: the normal democratic flag. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Spanish_Republic

11) The Chinese warlord flags all look extremely similar (blue with white Chinese character). It's very difficult for someone not literate in Mandarim to distinct between these tags. What about using the Fascist/Democratic version of their flags? They look more unique, having different main colors and even symbols. The blue ones could become the fascist versions.

12) The flag of Non-Aligned Romania should be the same as the democratic/fascist flag. Romania starts neutral, and thus with an ahistorical flag. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Romania#Gallery_of_historical_flags

13) Chile had a brief socialist government in the 1930s, and they used the normal flag of Chile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Republic_of_Chile#/media/File:Flag_of_Chile.svg

14) Democratic Argentina should use the Non-Aligned flag since that was/is the flag of democratic Argentina.

15) Xinjiang's communist flag should be the flag of Shicai's own party: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Xinjiang-Shicai_2.svg/2000px-Flag_of_Xinjiang-Shicai_2.svg.png

16) The Franco-British Union should have a unique flag, since vanilla just uses the normal British flag: https://i.imgur.com/PEbfe2w.png.

17) Haiti should use a more historical flag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Haiti#/media/File:Flag_of_Haiti_(1859%E2%80%931964).svg

18) Fascist Spain (SPA, SPR) flag should be more historical: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Spain#/media/File:Flag_of_Spain_(1938%E2%80%931945).svg
Last edited by Enriador; 22 Jun, 2019 @ 6:02pm
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christengo 12 Mar, 2019 @ 7:09am 
This is exactly what I've been waiting for! The devs were a bunch of PC pussÍes to avoid the flag like a bÍtch with herpes all because "they didn't want to be associated with nazism"! >_>

But...there is one thing that should be changed...at least in 1935. The disk and swastika should be slightly off-centre.

Don't believe me? Check out this page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_flags#Nazi_Germany_(1933–1945)
Last edited by christengo; 12 Mar, 2019 @ 7:12am
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Enriador 12 Mar, 2019 @ 2:27pm 
I agree the Nazi flag should be off-centred. It isn't even much of a huge difference to be weird, and is historically accurate.

Paradox didn't include the swastika mostly due to old laws in Germany (a huge GSG market) that forbade swastikas in video games.
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Abbus  [developer] 15 Mar, 2019 @ 6:40am 
@christengo
Mostly I concerned about "unity" style of the whole Project FLAGS over to "Too-historial but not looking good".

https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/FLAGS/de1933_o.html

"It was amended by specifically providing for the off center version by the ordinance of 20 December 1933 providing for the off center version for use at sea only."

"The national flag law of 15 September 1935 provided that the Reichs-und Nationalflagge (lit. Imperial and National flag) is the Swastika flag. It is also the merchant flag. The law does not include a description of the flag."
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Enriador 15 Mar, 2019 @ 1:16pm 
The off-center flag was never de jure abolished, but de facto was substituted. It's the flag we see on historical photographs and stuff.

The "looking good" argument makes sense... though the flag of Bangladesh is also off-center and it doesn't bother me.

What of my other ideas Abbus?
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Enriador 5 Jun, 2019 @ 6:40pm 
Updated OP description
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Ayax 26 Oct, 2020 @ 12:09pm 
Hello, I would like to propose that for the countries of the commonwealth when they separate from the metropolis and cease to be domains, change the flag as Canada does.
I mean losing the union jack

For South Africa I had thought of a boer style

https://fotw.info/images/z/za!af-w.gif
https://i.redd.it/v0rbvsmbkb541.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Afrikaner_Vryheidsvlag.svg/1200px-Afrikaner_Vryheidsvlag.svg.png

https://i.redd.it/wowi3c8ytdf01.png

for Australia I had thought of some similar to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AdvanceAustraliaNationalFlagProposal.png
https://www.flagsaustralia.com.au/images/Yahoo%20Serious.jpg

https://www.flagsaustralia.com.au/images/Tone%20Moore.jpg
https://www.flagsaustralia.com.au/images/Markwick.jpg

for New Zealand

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Kyle_Lockwood%27s_New_Zealand_Flag.svg

https://storage.designcrowd.com/design_img/462753/103994/103994_3506282_462753_image.jpg

and one thing. What label to use the flag of iberia ?.

Greetings
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EmperorOfOhio 4 Dec, 2020 @ 6:13am 
I really like this mod! However I do think Communist South Africa should have a different flag, one that might be a mix of the South African Communist Party flag and the flag of the ANC possibly, as well as maybe switching the flag of Fash South Africa and Neutral South Africa, as the Fash leader for S.A. was in power IRL in the late 40s and early 50s and kept the same union flag that democratic/neutral S.A. has here. Just some suggestions, thanks!
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Tuhkur 17 Jan, 2021 @ 2:53am 
Hi, i really like this mod and i would like to suggest a Fascist Estonian Flag https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/675824657420517388/785202006742663168/5008d5d.jpg?width=924&height=587
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NF_F16 17 Feb, 2021 @ 9:58am 
The Lebanese Kataeb Party are Falangists which count for fascist ideology, maybe add this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kataeb_Party
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NF_F16 17 Feb, 2021 @ 10:02am 
Kosovo's Communist Party flag should look like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Communists_of_Kosovo#/media/File:League_of_Communists_of_Yugoslavia_Flag.svg
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NF_F16 17 Feb, 2021 @ 10:03am 
This Saudi Democratic flag would look more believable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Diriyah#/media/File:Flag_of_the_First_and_Second_Saudi_State.svg
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NF_F16 17 Feb, 2021 @ 10:08am 
Also (My opinion BTW) I feel like the current flag of democratic sudan should replace neutrality Sudan flag and Democratic flag of sudan should be the current modern flag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Sudan
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Fastestcub95 24 May, 2021 @ 7:19pm 
Could you maybe make the german empire flag be the kiaserriech german flag
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BlkBaron 5 Sep, 2021 @ 3:48pm 
I recommend removing the cross of St. Patrick from the Communist Britain flag, as you give up your territory in Ireland as part of the Communist de-colonisation tree.
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